Improved washing-machine



VILLIAM POLYBLANK,

EEICE.

OF CLEVELAND, OHIO.

IMPROVED WASHING-MACHINE.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 15,27 l, dated November 29, 1864.

To all whom t mlcty concern,.-

Be it known that I, W. POLYBLANK, ot' Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Washing-Machines; and I do hereby decla-re that the following is a full and complete description ot' the construction and operation of the saine, reference bein g had to the accompanying drawings, making a part of this specification, in which- Figure l is a perspective view. Fig. 2 is a top view. Fig. 3 is a sectional view.

Like letters of reference refer to like parts in the different views.

My improvement relates to constructing a washing-machine with a corrugated revolving cylinder having tinted or corrugated balls inside, that in whatever way the cylinder is turned or operated the corrugations of the balls will tit into t-he eorrugations of the cylinder, rubbing and washing the clothes in the most desirable manner.

ln Figs. l and 2 A is the tub or outer casing of the machine, supported by legs or suitable standards underneath.

B is the revolving c ylinder inside of the tub, made oi'zinc or other suitable material, tluted lengthwise, as represented, attached at the ends to circular wooden heads b b, that ll up the ends of the cylinder, excepting round the corrugations, which are open and and allow the water from the tub or ease A to enter the cylinder. In the heads b b are secured journals or shafts that support the cylinder in the tub, to one of which, that eX- tends through on the outside, is connected the handle C, by nn ans of which the cylinder is revolved. A section ot' the cylinder forms a door, B, (represented open in Fig. 2,) which when closed is secured in place by the rod d and catch df.

E, F, and G are corrugated balls that would be perfectly round it' not cut out as represented, the projections n, ot' which being ot such a form and size as to lit into the corrugations of the cylinder, as shown in Fig. El. The endsffot' these balls are weighted for the purpose of keeping the corrugations of the balls in a proper direction in relation to the corrugations of the cylinder, as at'F and Gr, Figs. 2 and 3, so that they will always mesh into each other as the cylinder is revolved. It matters not in what position the balls are placed in the cylinder, as at E in Fig. 2, the weighted ends, as the cylinder is revolved, tend to move in tangentical lines until they are brought in a line with the rotation ofthe cylinder, when the projections a lit into the corrugations of the cylinder, as at F and G. The weight ot' the balls also, as they rub about, aid in causing them to mesh into the corrugations. The balls are separated from each other and guided also by the circular frames h, designed to give strength and rmness to the sides of the tinted cylinder. t

In operating this machine the clothes are put into the cylinder at the door B', which is then closed and secured in place by slipping the rod d into the catch d', when the cylinder is revolved by the handle C, and it is supplied with water coming in at the ends from the tub. The clothes are soon thoroughly cleansed by being rubbed and pressed between the corrugated balls and sides of the cylinder.

The weight ofthe balls increases the pressure on the clothes, rubbing and washing them in the most desirable manner, the water and clothes being agitated by the motion of the cylinder.

A machine can be constructed with any number ot' corrugated balls-one or more, as may be desired. When the balls are placed promiscuously with the clothes in the cylinder, they always get and retain their proper position, as described.

The water is drawn from the tub through a t'aucet in the under side.

The circular frames h, around the inside of the cylinder, keep the clothes up loose and prevent them from being iiattened down on the corrugations between the balls and cylinder, as they otherwise would, thereby effectually washing the clothes.

\Vhat I claim as my improvement, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The special arrangement of the weighted corrugated balls, in combination with the rotating corrugated cylinder B, circular frames h., and tub A, when operating conjointly, as and for the purpose set forth.

WILLIAM POLYBLANK.

Wvitnesses:

J. LEONARD, A. W. MCCLELLAND. 

